A cool night allows us to sleep in. It is EJ's birthday so we all wish him a happy day. The normal rest day activity takes place: Thomo goes for a run, we have egg and bacon rolls for breakfast, the washing gets done, boats are reorganised, food for the next part of the trip is sorted, eat more, drink more, sleep, read and chat.
I take a tour of the town, which did not take long. Blanchtown is a disappointment after the other Riverland towns. There is not much here. I am glad I over catered at Renmark as I could buy very little food here, the hamburger for lunch was good though. The history boards about the locks and paddle steamers are interesting and the hundreds of pelicans below the weir wall are also a pleasure to watch as they wait for fish to come over.
Another dinner at the pub to fuel up for tomorrow and again it is a cool night so a good sleep ahead. I really look forward to the 8:30 bed times.
Tomorrow morning we go through lock 1 which will bring us to 1m above sea level. Not much fall in the last 274kms.
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